A time when I helped someone..

I have been a very big help to a number of people. But what I truely remember is helping out a family in a time of sorrow and crisis. I carried a large burden on my shoulder by caring for three small children who lost their mother and had a father who had abandoned them shortly after. The grandmother had to step in and take care of these children who had no one else. That is when I came into play by caring for them all summer long and throughout the school year when needed. This is still continuing, three years later. I have helped the children in many ways that the grandmother could not do at all or on her own. They look up to me as if I am their big sister. Recently, they have moved into a larger house; big enough for all 4 of them. And in effect the grandmother didnt have enough funds to pay me for the caring of the children. I feel blessed that they had someone like me to be there for them. This has been a huge learning experience for me and has helped me mature rapidly.

."I complained that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet." -- Persian proverb

Thinking about this, my eyes fill up with tears. It bothers me to think that there are so many people in this world who are so ungreatful for the things they have. So many people have nothing or close to nothing. I'm someone who can't stand to throw away the slightest bit of food, knowing that there are so many familes in the world who could feed off of a fraction of what's left. America is so wealthy compared to the majority of the world and its sad that most of us don't realize how bad others are suffering. The quote resembles this situation to the tee. We complain about what come down to being petty issues when it could always be worse. When giving advice of any kind, I always state, " It could always be worse." It changes all aspects of the way I feel, think, and live.

You can't win unless you know how to lose." -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Learning how to fail time and time again, standing up after each fall, and being persist will lead you to success. If you don't know how to lose, the circumstances that lead to failure, you do not understand the game well enough to win. I am a good player who has fallen enough times to learn to get back up and start all over. Understanding all of the circumstances which causes failure, learning how to avoid or overcome failure, and ultimately win are the keys. You may have a plan or strategy that sounds good theoretically, but you do not know whether it will really be good in practice until you have tested it, and looked for its weaknesses. Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad.

“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood." -- Leonardo da Vinci

So true, not only was Leonardo and phenomenal artist and inventor, but he was just an all around great man in general. He never let his mind take a break. Nothing can be loved unless first understood which is incredibly true. If you dislike something for no reason or without first trying to place yourself in that persons shoes then you yourself will end up looking like a jerk that’s brainless and clueless to the world no matter how much you actually know. Get to an individuals core before you decide to be so judgmental.

" I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book." -- Groucho Marx

Television is terrible today. The most I watch is the to make me laugh an even that isn’t often. I prefer to walk or draw or create something. Imagining something and creating something is far more important than sitting and doing nothing. However there are the days where you just don’t want to get anything done. Those are fine and dandy, but finding yourself in front of a television all the time just because you have nothing else to do shows you have nothing in life to look forward to except the new episode. You tend to lose fun in the little things. Why should something you loved to do as a child be given up just because you’re older now. Responsibility? You can be responsible for your actions by not turning on the television; teaching your kid what art is, what a book is, what nature is about, always being unique, what friends are like, or what it’s like to get hurt.

"A rich child often sits in a poor mother's lap." -- Spanish proverb

It’s often that the poorest kid will end up being the richest in the long end. Whether, it’s rich in morals and happiness, or rich in money. They tend to look at all the stuff they were given and look forward to the stuff they can achieve. They started from nothing and now they work their way up the ladder and look around what’s in their path, because what’s in their path has always been there. They have it easier with looking around that object in the path than someone who hasn’t had to ever. The poor child also tends to work harder in effort than effortlessly work like a rich kid would.

“A happy heart is better than a full purse." -- Italian proverb

I agree completely. However, there is a point that being too empty in the purse will eventually make someone unhappy. It’s about having enough to get you by and buy what you need to keep you happy. I'm big on large houses and cars and lots of luxury. I prefer to have money to pay for rent and food and enough to cover extra expenses like if a car breaks down. When I have extra money, I tend to spend it on others than myself. I prefer to try and make the world around me happy versus myself because it’s then I get happy knowing I make others smile when they see me.